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Savannah James, wife of NBA star LeBron James, is an entrepreneur, and along with close friend April McDaniels, the co-host of the “Everybody’s Crazy” podcast and co-founder of Let It Break, a personal development group for women.Just like the average person, celebrities sometimes spend their money on things they later regret — James is no exception.Her worst money mistake was “investing in something without having real knowledge about any of it, and basically losing out on that capital,” she told CNBC Make It in an interview last month.It was “a substantial amount that I’m still stressed out about. The fact…

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A sign marks the location of a Honda dealership in Libertyville, Illinois, on Dec. 18, 2024.Scott Olson | Getty ImagesShares of Japanese automaker Honda were on track for their best day in 16 years after it announced to buy back up to 1.1 trillion yen ($7 billion) of its shares on Monday amid merger talks with Nissan.Nissan and Honda said they had begun official negotiations to merge, which could catapult them to the world’s third-largest carmaker by sales.Honda also announced to buy back 24% of its issued shares by Dec. 23 next year. Its shares were last up 15.51%, and…

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Apple stock has been hitting record high after record high to close out 2024. But the company needs to prove that it’s more than just the maker of the iPhone to sustain those gains in 2025. Year-to-date performance: up 32% Forward price-to-earnings multiple: 33.6 versus a five-year average of 26.5 Our rating: Hold-equivalent 2 rating Our price target: $250 a share AAPL YTD mountain Apple (AAPL) year-to-date performance ’24 look back Apple shares are up 32% this year, despite a lackluster start. A slew of regulatory concerns and more smartphone competition in China, the company’s second-largest market, weighed on investor…

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A television station broadcasts Jerome Powell, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024.Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThis report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You can subscribe here.What you need to know todayMega automobile mergerNissan and Honda have begun official merger discussions, the two companies announced on Monday. The merged group has the potential to…

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A Walmart truck pulls out of a Walmart Distribution Center in Hurricane, Utah, on May 30, 2024.George Frey | Afp | Getty ImagesThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a complaint Monday against Walmart and work-scheduling platform Branch Messenger for allegedly forcing delivery drivers to use poorly managed and costly deposit accounts in order to get paid.”Walmart made false promises, illegally opened accounts, and took advantage of more than a million delivery drivers,” CFPB Director Rohit Chopra said in a press release. “Companies cannot force workers into getting paid through accounts that drain their earnings with junk fees.”The lawsuit alleges that,…

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Spilled drinks, crunched laptop screens and crushed knees.A new video shows the reasons why reclining your seat on airplanes morphed from an acceptable practice into a top irritant for many air passengers.  The video is part of an ad campaign launched in late November by the furniture company La-Z-Boy, which includes a petition imploring travelers to “Do the upright thing. Don’t recline when you fly.”The petition had more than 186,000 signatures as of Monday, a La-Z-Boy representative told CNBC Travel.The tongue-in-cheek campaign by the company, known for its plush oversized reclining chairs, touches on an increasingly hot-button issue, one stoked…

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People posing for photos in front of a Christmas light installation in central Seoul on December 22, 2023.Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets opened higher on Christmas Eve, after key U.S. benchmarks rose overnight helped by gains in tech stocks.Japan’s Nikkei 225 and Topix opened nearly flat as investors awaited minutes of the the Bank of Japan’s October meeting.South Korea’s Kospi rose 0.31% while the Kosdaq was 0.72% higher.South Korea’s consumer confidence slipped to the lowest in over two years. The country’s consumer sentiment index dropped by more than 12 points from November to 88.4 in December, falling…

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